To provide that the final rule titled "Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation" and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes.

Harriet M. Hageman

Republican · WY · Representative

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• Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2)Original· 2026-02-25
• Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)Original· 2026-02-25
• Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7)Original· 2026-02-25
• Troy Downing (R-MT-2)Original· 2026-02-25

Subcommittee Hearings Held

2026-05-21

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This bill would overturn a 2001 rule that protected large areas of national forests from road construction and would require the U.S. Forest Service to build roads on certain federal forest lands. The change would affect logging companies, outdoor recreation groups, and environmental organizations that have different interests in how national forests are managed. The bill is currently being reviewed by congressional committees that handle agriculture and natural resources.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7695 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7695 To provide that the final rule titled ``Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation'' and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2026 Ms. Hageman (for herself, Mr. Downing, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Stauber, and Mr. Tiffany) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide that the final rule titled ``Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation'' and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN ROADS ON NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS. (a) Roadless Rule Nullification.-- (1) Nullification.--The final rule of the Department of Agriculture titled ``Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation'' and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect. (2) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Agriculture may not take any action to propose, finalize, implement, administer, or enforce any rule substantially similar to the rule described in paragraph (1). (b) Required Road Construction.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall, subject to all applicable environmental requirements (including applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)), construct on National Forest System lands such permanent and temporary roads as the Secretary determines necessary-- (1) to carry out restoration activities of the Forest Service; (2) to carry out hazardous fuels reduction activities of the Forest Service in-- (A) an at-risk community; (B) the wildland-urban interface; or (C) a municipal watershed; (3) to replace or decommission any existing permanent road determined by the Secretary to be adversely affecting the health of a forest, rangeland, or a watershed; or (4) to carry out the intent of the Act of June 4, 1897 (16 U.S.C. 473-482, 551). (c) Definitions.--In this section: (1) At-risk community; wildland-urban interface.--The terms ``at-risk community'' and ``wildland-urban interface'' have the meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511). (2) National forest system.--The term ``National Forest System'' has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609). <all>

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